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01Undated

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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02Undated

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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03Undated

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

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04Undated

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

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05Undated

Don’t simply exist in this world, but grasp life’s potential by the jacket. Dare it to be all it can. Make life historical—a gripping account of accomplishment. Make life a mystery—a challenging, bold adventure. Make life heartfelt—an enduring, poetic romance. Whatever it is you make of your world, live the fairytale.

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06Undated

In a world plagued with commonplace tragedies, only one thing exists that truly has the power to save lives, and that is love.

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07Undated

I made a sorry face in response to such strong insistence, but I couldn’t believe him. Fantasies were exactly that..…..fantasies. Whimsy. Wishes. Mere castles in the sky without foundation or substance. Dreams didn’t come true. To believe so would be to believe falsely, to surrender to madness, to give in to an unreliable hope that would crush me once again as it always, always did!

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08Undated

Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning Future, an absolute stranger, with whom I have fallen madly in love.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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09Undated

My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. is a query of broadest scope. is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!

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10Undated

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

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11Undated

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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12Undated

Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength.

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13Undated

more. To have days cut off and at their end. To never again..........anything.

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14Undated

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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15Undated

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

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16Undated

The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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17Undated

Imagine in vibrant, wonderful detail your heart’s desire—a reality only you can envision, an adventure only you can direct.Then cradle your creation. Caress it. Mold it. Coddle it until it comes to life.And when your precious treasure grows so grand as to steal your breath away, set it free for all the world to experience. For that is how you live your dreams.

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18Undated

Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that when agitated, bursts to create something marvelously desirable. It’s sort of like those tiny, little thoughts trapped inside an author’s head that―in an excited explosion of words―suddenly become a captivating fairytale!

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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19Undated

It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer. But if as a single, creative person you are one in the same, then, well.....problem solved! Great writing is born from that which we personally long to read.

Richelle E. Goodrich / quote

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20Undated

What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.

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21Undated

Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls. These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors expressed noiselessly on parchment. Poetry is the unheard cry of a flower, wilting. It is a humble, lucent tear shed with meaning. It is the lovely portrayal of ugliness and the bitter edge of sweet. Poetry speaks to the spirit by piercing understanding. It interprets all senseless truths―beauty, love, emotion―into sensible scrawl. Poetry is vague affirmation and bewildering clarification. Like the most poignant of emotions, we understand the essence but cannot adequately do it verbal justice, crippled by inherently weak tongues. A spiritual soothsayer, poetry is the closest thing to expression of feelings unutterable.

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22Undated

Knowledge gained is as useless as prideif filed away and never applied.

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23Undated

Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.

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24Undated

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

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